Elisavetpol

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historical city

Elisavetpol was a historical city in the Russian Empire, located in the South Caucasus region and known today as Ganja in modern Azerbaijan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical city ⓘ
administrativeRole administrative center of Elisavetpol Governorate ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
governedBy Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Tsarist authorities of the Russian Empire
historicalLanguageUsed Armenian ⓘ
Azerbaijani ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
historicalStatus provincial city of the Russian Empire ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Elisavetpol Governorate ⓘ
locatedInContinent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Arran ⓘ
Karabakh region (broad sense) ⓘ
locatedInPresentDayCountry Azerbaijan ⓘ
locatedInRegion South Caucasus ⓘ
locatedOn Ganja River ⓘ
modernName Ganja ⓘ
namedAfter Empress Elizabeth of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Caucasus Viceroyalty ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Transcaucasia
predecessorSettlement Ganja (medieval city) ⓘ
presentDayCity Ganja ⓘ
presentDayPopulationCenterType city ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Azerbaijan Democratic Republic ⓘ
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Russian administrative system ⓘ
surface form: Russian imperial administration
wasRenamedAs Ganja ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elisavetpol Governorate → capital → Elisavetpol ⓘ
Ganja → formerName → Elisavetpol ⓘ
Shusha uezd → governorateCapital → Elisavetpol ⓘ